CRACKPOTS Synonyms
There are 5 hypernyms of the word crackpots. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for CRACKPOTS
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eccentrics | nounn | |||||||
adjective • not having a common center; not concentric noun • a person with an unusual or odd personality • a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities) adjective satellite • conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual | ||||||||
fanatics | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause) adjective satellite • marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea | ||||||||
kooks | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group | ||||||||
lunatics | nounn | |||||||
noun • an insane person • a reckless impetuous irresponsible person adjective satellite • insane and believed to be affected by the phases of the moon | ||||||||
madmen | nounn | |||||||
noun • an insane person | ||||||||
maniacs | nounn | |||||||
noun • an insane person • a person who has an obsession with or excessive enthusiasm for something adjective satellite • wildly disordered | ||||||||
nutcases | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone deranged and possibly dangerous | ||||||||
oddballs | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person with an unusual or odd personality | ||||||||
screwballs | nounn | |||||||
noun • a whimsically eccentric person • a pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown adjective satellite • foolish; totally unsound | ||||||||
weirdos | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric • someone deranged and possibly dangerous | ||||||||
zealots | nounn | |||||||
noun • a fervent and even militant proponent of something • a member of an ancient Jewish sect in Judea in the first century who fought to the death against the Romans and who killed or persecuted Jews who collaborated with the Romans | ||||||||
crank | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a bad-tempered person • a whimsically eccentric person • an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant • a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle adjective satellite • (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail verb • travel along a zigzag path • start by cranking • rotate with a crank • fasten with a crank • bend into the shape of a crank | ||||||||
crazy | adjectiveadj | |||||||
noun • someone deranged and possibly dangerous adjective satellite • affected with madness or insanity • foolish; totally unsound • possessed by inordinate excitement • bizarre or fantastic • intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with | ||||||||
kook | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group | ||||||||
nutcase | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone deranged and possibly dangerous | ||||||||
crackhead | nounn | |||||||
noun • A person who is addicted to or regularly uses crack cocaine. • Someone whose thinking makes no sense; a fool or an idiot. | ||||||||
fruitcake | nounn | |||||||
noun • a whimsically eccentric person • a rich cake containing dried fruit and nuts and citrus peel and so on | ||||||||
nut | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • Egyptian goddess of the sky • usually large hard-shelled seed • a small (usually square or hexagonal) metal block with internal screw thread to be fitted onto a bolt • half the width of an em • a whimsically eccentric person • someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction • one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens verb • gather nuts | ||||||||
screwball | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • a whimsically eccentric person • a pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown adjective satellite • foolish; totally unsound | ||||||||
nut case | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • a whimsically eccentric person |